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Collage in Art Journals

Recently I bought the cutest pink art journal (pictured below), and I decided that every page in it would have at least a little bit of pink, in varying shades….

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Get an update and some serious(ly creative!) art journal inspiration. I've been working in my art journals, as well as altered books, gelli printing, and more! #joyfulartjournaling

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Art Journal Update and Inspiration

Hello friends! It’s been a minute since I posted here. There are a few reasons for that, but for the most part it can simply be summed up as: 2020….

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Pen set review: this set of 5 pens/markers has the prettiest, softest colors, and works well in art journals, bullet journals. coloring books and more. And they're under $7 for the set! BUT, they do have their drawbacks....

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Iconic “Retro” Pen Set Review

They other day I realized that, with alllll my markers, I didn’t have a single one I’d call a “mustard” color. I bought this set of 80 Crayola Markers (including…

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Check out these Ways to Save Money Art Journaling! #artjournaling #joyfulartjournaling

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Ways to Save Money Art Journaling

Art journaling is more than just a hobby for me. It’s my favorite way to be a creative explorer, it’s cathartic, it’s fun, and, well, the truth is, I love…

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Watch along with this art journal process video! Art Journal along with Jules as she chooses materials and creates an easy yet layered collage for her art journal. #joyfulartjournaling

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art journal video: journaling with jules!

Even though I’m a shy person by nature, I’ve decided to make more art journal videos of my process, etc. But I’m just making baby steps to start, like in…

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Get Inspired by these images from the Joyful Art Journaling Challenge! #joyfulartjournaling #artjournals

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June Art Journal Challenge: Days 16-30

Well, the June 2020 Joyful Art Journaling Challenge has come to an end… but it certainly won’t be the last art journal challenge I host! In fact, I’ll probably do…

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See all of my art journal ideas for days 1-25 of the Joyful Art Journaling art journal challenge for June! #joyfulartjournaling #artjournalideas

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June Art Journal Challenge: Days 1-15

Well, we’re about halfway through the #JoyfulArtJournalingJune art journal challenge, so I thought I’d share what I’ve made so far!  PLEASE NOTE: I’m about to talk about some things that…

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Join this 30 day art journal challenge in June to bring more JOY into your life, and the world, through art journaling! 30 daily art journaling prompts are included.

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30 Day Art Journal Challenge: June 2020

In the middle of May I sent out an email to my list and asked if they would be interested in doing a 30 day art journal challenge in June….

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Enter to win this art journal ephemera giveaway, with over 65 pieces of ephemera to use in art journals (or bullet journal, altered books, scrapbooks, etc.) #joyfulartjournaling

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Art Journal Ephemera Giveaway!

UPDATE: The winner for this giveaway (@lynda1655) was announced 05.27.20 on my IG account. But if you’d like to enter to win a future giveaway, be sure to follow me…

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I think we can all use a little more joy in our lives, which is also why I decided to share these 38 joyful quotes for your art journal! #joyfulartjournaling

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38 Joyful Quotes for Your Art Journal

People art journal for all kinds of reasons, one of them being that it’s so cathartic. I love art journaling as a form of creative expression, but it’s also a…

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Hi! I’m Jules!
And I help people create JOY through art journaling and creative exploration! I'm a mom, wife, rescue dog owner, artist and creative business coach. But I'm also a lifelong creative explorer, and art journaling allows me to do that every day! It truly brings me joy, & I'd love to share that joy with YOU!
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Do you ever make something that might be considere Do you ever make something that might be considered “ugly” but you find it more beautiful than something you tried to make “pretty”? Yeah, that happened to me today. I love this little ugly spread! 😍In fact, I can’t stop thinking about it!
I took another try at day 2’s class with @jeanne I took another try at day 2’s class with @jeanneoliver and didn’t use a photo reference this time. I kind of combined it with @shelleyklammer’s automatic drawing class instead, and I love the result! The charcoal definitely got smudgy, but it’s just my art journal and I don’t try to get things “just right” in there! (See my actual automatic drawings in my stories today, or in my highlights under SB Revival 2021.)
I spent part of this morning listening to upliftin I spent part of this morning listening to uplifting podcasts and making these papers I’ll eventually use in my collages. Some of these are just first and second layers (I’ll go back and add more on top later), but some are ready to be used! (I used that plate for some toast, but when I was done it was basically perfectly clean. I couldn’t throw it away! So I repurposed it to hold some of my papers while they dried. I just can’t waste something like that! ... which is also probably why I have several bits of small paper to use in collages because I can’t throw them away! 🤣)
Are you doing the #sketchbookrevival this year? Th Are you doing the #sketchbookrevival this year? This is my first go at it, and besides making my own sketchbook/art journal to work in (which is my favorite that I’ve made so far!!) I’m taking it pretty casually. I’m watching almost all of the videos, but I’ll just do the projects that a) call to me and b) I have the supplies on hand for. But this spread is from @jeanneoliver’s session, and it’s my favorite session so far! Thanks @karenabend for putting this together!! It’s lovely!!
I’ve been working in my latest #alteredbook here I’ve been working in my latest #alteredbook here and there. It’s a vintage French poetry book, so some black out poetry seemed appropriate! It reads: Et le périlleux se trouble parmi Les eaux. The pause for breath Liaison is avoided, except in the musical quality of verse It is boundary the end of a line The romantic flexibility of French verse Moveable, aloud, an important part After the verse understood The individual will know at once
I’m not perfect at fussy cutting, but I find it I’m not perfect at fussy cutting, but I find it kind of meditative. #🍄 What about you? Love fussy cutting? Or hate it/don’t bother?
Instead of the mic, she dropped the cake. 🙃🍰
I love collecting little things. No category is le I love collecting little things. No category is left out, as long as they’re tiny! But I especially love these antique paint pigment bottles! I found them at an estate sale and just had to bring them home. (Oh yeah, and this is my latest collage in my pink art journal!)
I feel like this page needs more... but I’m not I feel like this page needs more... but I’m not quite sure what?! So I’m moving on to a new page. Maybe I’ll revisit it later, maybe I’ll just leave it?! It’s all good, either way. 😉
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